Brazil Daterra Bourbon advice please.

[espressomattic]

Thanks Matt, George and Fred. I was rather hoping for a bit of sunshine this morning, to inject a bit of heat into the garage (corrugated iron roof) but no luck. RH 70% and ambient 11C - brrr.

75% Rh and 23C ambient Temp. We too have a corrugated roof Stuff the roasting we went looking at waterfalls and the beach today

[CakeBoy]

Swine . I feel sorry for you. We are here having a great time in the cold and damp (though we do have coffee - just about)

[Steve]

SNIP
3. The coffee jar is being used to cover a scorch mark on the tabletop. It contains TEA. HB Steve (tattos, stubble, MP3 etc) sells TEA. Therefore tea = street cred. Just in case anyone thought there was something else in it.

Me LOL street cred I do not have

Fred step away from the headphones joke, I've still not been able to get replacements I've been told I have to wait until IPhone is released here GRRRR

Sorry as you were back on topic please

[fred25]

Steve, what about these? The right colour and everything!

(sorry will stop now)

[Steve]

[lukas]

I know a few people who would LOVE them!

[Bertie_Doe]

Into the first pops of second but not too far on for me. Nice sweetness if its not too dark.

Yep, spot on Steve. In the HotT - 1st 16.10sec 2nd and dump 18.05sec. I was a bit nervous, they looked a bit light, but darkened later.

Day 3 and degassed. I played with brew temps a bit and got consistantly good results towards the hottest end of the cycle - much hotter than my dark roast ethiopians and malabar. Sweet, buttery, bright but not acidic. Very smooth, I can understand why it's popular in blends.

[espressomattic]

A convert!

[Bertie_Doe]

A convert!

Phew, you nearly frightened the crappaccino out of me - I thought you wrote 'A convict'

No, I'll stick to my dark roasts for the aged beans, but these centrals need a lot more practice. OT but I've just done my second Dom Rep Barahona. The first on Wedneday was a failure and misread 2nd. Outer shell looks a bit light and the grinds are even lighter still - sort of reddish brown.

The 2nd looking good and I dumped, just short of rolling2 and looks great.

Hey it's 5am down under - wazzup!! cant sleep : toomuchcoffee?

QC

Edit : Agh, just read your bit in Cakey's thread, bruised bones, nightshift etc, .... hang on in there matey

[espressomattic]

It's tough mate, off to a barbie in a mo...the stress is killing me!

[Bertie_Doe]

It's tough mate, off to a barbie in a mo...the stress is killing me!

Isn't 'barbie' an Australian word? Agh, you're a convict

[CakeBoy]

.... and he's not even in Oz! Even the NZ'ders will hate him

Hold on, is he playing with dolls?

[espressomattic]

Probably Cumbers, but we do 'em better here eh!

And no I am not playing with dolls...today that is.